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We estimated the level of fasting insulin (fasting insulin equivalent, FIeq) that would replicate the strength of the associations of obesity, overweight, and waist circumference with two insulin resistance markers: triglyceride\/high-density lipoprotein (TG\/HDL) and triglyceride\/glucose (TyG); (2) Methods: We studied approximately 38,000 adolescents aged 12 to 17 years, sampled from a multicenter Brazilian school-based survey, The Study of Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Adolescents (Portuguese acronym, ERICA), conducted in 2013\u20132014. Fasting insulin equivalents for adiposity variables were calculated by dividing the beta coefficient of each adiposity measure by the fasting insulin beta coefficient from linear regression analysis according to age (12\u201314, 15\u201317 years old) and sex, and adjusted by smoking, alcohol consumption, physical inactivity, sedentary behavior, socioeconomic status, and Tanner stage; (3) Results: The FIeqs for obesity were greater than those for overweight and elevated waist circumference for both TG\/HDL and TyG in early adolescence. The FIeqs for elevated WC were greater than those for obesity and overweight in adolescents aged 15 to 17 years; (4) Conclusions: Our study suggests that WC measurements might be useful to identify adolescents with insulin resistance, particularly in late adolescence.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/nu14173487","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,8,24]],"date-time":"2022-08-24T23:48:58Z","timestamp":1661384938000},"page":"3487","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":17,"title":["Association between Obesity, Overweight, Elevated Waist Circumference, and Insulin Resistance Markers among Brazilian Adolescent Students"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"14","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-1343-3265","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Rodolfo","family":"Deusdar\u00e1","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Bras\u00edlia, UnB, Campus Universit\u00e1rio Darcy Ribeiro, Asa Norte, Brasilia 70910-900, DF, Brazil"},{"name":"Instituto de Estudos em Sa\u00fade Coletiva, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Avenida Horacio Macedo, S\/N-Pr\u00f3xima \u00e0 Prefeitura Universit\u00e1ria da UFRJ, Ilha do Fund\u00e3o-Cidade Universit\u00e1ria, Rio de Janeiro 21941-598, RJ, Brazil"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Amanda","family":"de Moura Souza","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Instituto de Estudos em Sa\u00fade Coletiva, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Avenida Horacio Macedo, S\/N-Pr\u00f3xima \u00e0 Prefeitura Universit\u00e1ria da UFRJ, Ilha do Fund\u00e3o-Cidade Universit\u00e1ria, Rio de Janeiro 21941-598, RJ, Brazil"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Moyses","family":"Szklo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Epidemiology Department, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 N. 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